i dont thinkit would.... we can be rude and indifferent to our relatives like we can be to neone else.
On Sep 6, 2:50 pm, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: > Have you ever thought about those to whom you are related? Of > course you have, but maybe not in this way. > We all have four grandparents, eight great grandparents, etc. > This geometric progression continues as we go back from generation to > generation until, in about 1400 AD it equals the entire population of > the human species at that time. In other words, each of us is related > to everyone else if we look back far enough. > Similarly, if we go forward, from children to grandchildren etc., > making some reasonable assumptions and using the current projections > for the future human population, our direct progeny will equal > everyone living in about 2900 AD. If we include in this calculation > brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles and cousins, we will be related to > everyone living in about 2700 AD. > So at present we seem least related to friends, neighbors, and > those in our community and country. But in fact we are all related. It > is just that it seems now that we’re not. Would it change anything if > we but acknowledged our relationship to everyone, ancestors and > descendants? Jim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
